District 211 College Night 2013 Find Your Fit Wednesday, October 23, 2013 6:30-8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Palatine High School 1111 N. Rohlwing Road Palatine A program for Township High School District 211 students and their parents presented by the Student Services Departments
Dear Parents and Students: Welcome to the 2013 High School District 211 College Night. We hope that the information you obtain here this evening will be helpful in your college planning. The institutions listed on the following pages represent colleges of a variety of types from various parts of the country. The college representatives are prepared to discuss admission requirements and procedures, curriculum offerings, scholarships, financial aid information, housing options, and programs for advanced study. Once you have had the opportunity to look over the information and material you receive, you may have further questions. Please feel free to contact your high school s college counselor for clarification or additional information. College counselors Palatine High School William Fremd High School James B. Conant High School Shannon O Brien 847-755-1648 John Baima 847-755-2643 Kim Wiley 847-755-3649 sobrien@d211.org jbaima@d211.org kwiley@d211.org Schaumburg High School Hoffman Estates Fremd High School Michele Napier 847-755-4649 Michael Murphy 847-755-5630 mnapier@d211.org mmurphy@d211.org Township High school district 211 board of education Bill Robertson, President Mucia Burke, Vice President Anna Klimkowicz, Secretary George Brandt Richard Gerber Robert LeFevre, Jr. Mike Scharringhausen Nancy N. Robb, Superintendent
COLLEGE COMPARISON CHART DATA TO OBTAIN COLLEGE #1 COLLEGE #2 COLLEGE #3 Academic Program (largest-best-yours) Extracurricular activities (largest-best-yours) Average ACT/SAT scores of current freshman class Average G.P.A. of last year s freshman class Enrollment (both graduate and undergraduate) Number of students in current freshman class % of last year s freshman class who returned for sophomore year Town where school is located Campus setting (urban-suburban-rural-small town) Distance (driving time in hours) % of freshman classes with more than 50 students % of commuter students % of out-of-state students % of minority students % of traditional age students % of those who graduate in 4 years % of undergraduate student body in dorms % of dorm residents on campus during weekends Cost for first year (tuition-fees-room-board-books) % of demonstrated financial need being met % of financial aid which is gift aid (scholarships & grants) % of financial aid which is self-help (loans-work study) Admissions requirements regarding high school record Admissions requirements regarding test scores Admissions requirements regarding high school course selection Application fee information Application period (start-end-notification) Housing application process School s historical significance School s religious affiliation
questions to ask a college representative 1. How many students are there? How many graduate students? What is the male/female ratio? 2. What is the campus like (i.e. size, location, distance to the nearest city or downtown area)? 3. What is the makeup of the student body (i.e. from what states, commuter vs. residential, religious backgrounds, most popular majors)? 4. What is the housing situation? Where can freshmen live? What are the dorms like? 5. What percentage of students return for their sophomore year? What percentage graduate? 6. Do you have my major? What are the strongest majors? 7. What is the average class size for freshmen? For upperclassmen? Are classes typically taught by professors or graduate students? 8. Are there opportunities for research, independent study, internships, or study abroad? 9. What kinds of clubs or activities are there? Is there a greek system on campus? If so, what percent of the student body is involved? 10. Do you have an honors program? 11. Describe the job placement program both during school and after graduation. How about placement in medical or law school... is there help? 12. Do you have career planning and counseling services? 13. Describe the sports program. In what division does your school compete? How popular are intramurals? 14. Are there special facilities in my interest area (radio/computers/labs/etc.)? 15. What are your admissions standards and what kind of student are you looking for? 16. What is the tuition, room and board, and comprehensive costs of this school? 17. What kinds of financial aid are available, including merit based aid? 18. What arrangements must I make to visit your campus? 19. What are the admissions deadlines I need to know? 20. What is special about this school and why should I attend this one over a similar school?
College Night is for students and parents from all District 211 high schools. It offers students and parents an opportunity to meet with representatives from the colleges and universities listed below. Schools will be located alphabetically Main Gymnasium (A M) East Gymnasium (N Z) Sessions with Representatives Some state universities in Illinois and other institutions will be located in classrooms and large group facilities for 30-minute presentations - see inside back cover for school map. Session 1...6:40 p.m. Session 2...7:20 p.m. Session 3...8:00 p.m. SCHOOL SCHOOLS WITH ROOM ASSIGNMENTS ROOM DePaul University (Chicago, IL) 283 Harper College (Palatine, IL) Illinois State University (Normal, IL) Media Center Auditorium - Right Iowa State University (Ames, IA) 285 Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) 189 Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) 287 Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL) 289 University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) Choir Room Student Cafeteria University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) 291 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) Band Room University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) 187 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL) 293 Special Sessions NCAA Eligibility Jackie Slaats, Athletic Director and Senior Advisor to the President of Lake Forest College, will address eligibility and participation in Division I, II, and III collegiate athletics. Presentations at 6:45 and 7:45 p.m. in Auditorium - Center. Selective College Admissions Tony Bankston, Dean of Admissions at Illinois Wesleyan University, will address Selective College Admissions. Presentations at 6:45 and 7:45 p.m. in Auditorium - Left. Illinois Student Assistance Commission There will be a representative from ISAC available to discuss college financial assistance with students and parents. Northwest Educational Counsel for Student Success (NECSS) Career Advisors from each District 211 high school will be available to answer your questions about career pathways, career treks, and alignment to possible college majors.
participating colleges and universities School City State Control Size A Albion College Albion MI Private 1,382 Alma College Alma MI Private 1,464 Aquinas College Grand Rapids MI Private 1,922 Arizona State University Tempe AZ Public 59,382 Augustana College Rock Island IL Private 2,551 Aurora University Aurora IL Private 3,015 B Baldwin-Wallace College Berea OH Private 3,512 Ball State University Muncie IN Public 16,652 Beloit College Beloit WI Private 1,359 Benedictine University Lisle IL Private 3,724 Bethel University St. Paul MN Private 1,801 Blackburn College Carlinville IL Private 550 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green OH Public 14,815 Bradley University Peoria IL Private 4,872 Butler University Indianapolis IN Private 4,020 C Calvin College Grand Rapids MI Private 3,930 Cardinal Stritch University Milwaukee WI Private 2,795 Carleton College Northfield MN Private 2,055 Carroll University Waukesha WI Private 3,256 Carthage College Kenosha WI Private 2,969 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Private 4,386 Catholic University of America Washington D.C. Private 3,694 Central Christian College of the Bible Moberly MO Private 317 Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant MI Public 21,332 Clarke University Dubuque IA Private 967 Coe College Cedar Rapids IA Private 1,364 College of St. Benedict & St. John s University St. Joseph MN Private 2,090 Columbia College Columbia MO Private 953 Columbia College-Chicago Chicago IL Private 10,310 Concordia University Mequon WI Private 4,419 Concordia University-Chicago River Forest IL Private 1,452 Cornell College Mt. Vernon IA Private 1,180 Creighton University Omaha NE Private 4,032 Culver-Stockton College Canton MO Private 769 D Defiance College Defiance OH Private 932 DePaul University* Chicago IL Private 16,498 DePauw University Greencastle IN Private 2,336 Dominican University River Forest IL Private 1,995 Drake University Des Moines IA Private 3,365 Drury University Springfield MO Private 1,607
School City State Control Size E Earlham College Richmond IN Private 1,087 Eastern Illinois University Charleston IL Public 8,975 Eckerd College St. Petersburg FL Private 1,893 Education In Canada Chicago IL Public --- Elmhurst College Elmhurst IL Private 3,052 Eureka College Eureka IL Private 755 F Ferris State University Big Rapids MI Public 13,261 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton FL Public 24,823 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne FL Private 2,978 Fontbonne University St. Louis MO Private 1,342 G George Williams College of Aurora University Williams Bay WI Private --- Gettysburg College Gettysburg PA Private 2,607 Governors State University University Park IL Public 3,164 Grand Valley State University Allendale MI Public 21,317 Greenville College Greenville IL Private 1,224 Grinnell Colege Grinnell IA Private 1,647 Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter MN Private 2,434 H Harper College* Palatine IL Public 14,673 High Point University High Point NC Private 4,070 Hillsdale College Hillsdale MI Private 1,434 Hofstra University Hempstead NY Private 6,893 Hope College Holland MI Private 3,343 I Illinois College Jacksonville IL Private 970 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL Private 2,801 Illinois State University* Normal IL Public 18,257 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington IL Private 2,013 Indiana State University Terre Haute IN Private 10,076 Indiana University Bloomington IN Public 32,371 Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant IA Private 650 Iowa State University* Ames IA Public 25,555 IUPUI Indianapolis IN Public 22,271 J John Carroll University University Heights OH Private 2,949 Johnson & Wales University Providence RI Private 9,525 Judson University Elgin IL Private 971 K Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo MI Private 1,379 Kansas State University Manhattan KS Public 19,853 Kendall College Chicago IL Private 1,812 Kent State University Kent OH Public 22,436 Knox College Galesburg IL Private 1,430
School City State Control Size L Lake Forest College Lake Forest IL Private 1,552 Lake Superior State University Sault Ste. Marie MI Public 2,513 Lakeland College Sheboygan WI Private 3,038 Lawrence Technological University Southfield MI Private 3,065 Lawrence University Appleton WI Private 1,525 Lewis University Romeoville IL Private 4,579 Lexington College Chicago IL Private 85 Lincoln College Normal IL Private 1,232 Loras College Dubuque IA Private 1,514 Loyola University Chicago IL Private 9,723 Luther College Decorah IA Private 2,473 M MacMurray College Jacksonville IL Private 508 Marian University Fond Du Lac WI Private 1,798 Marquette University Milwaukee WI Private 8,293 Maryville University of St. Louis St. Louis MO Private 2,980 McKendree University Lebanon IL Private 2,235 Miami University Oxford OH Public 15,081 Michigan State University East Lansing MI Public 37,454 Michigan Technological University Houghton MI Public 5,625 Millikin University Decatur IL Private 2,264 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Milwaukee WI Private 669 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee WI Private 2,378 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla MO Public 5,843 Missouri Western State University St. Joseph MO Public 6,259 Monmouth College Monmouth IL Private 1,247 Mount Mary University Milwaukee WI Private 1,054 N North Central College Naperville IL Private 2,755 North Park University Chicago IL Private 2,203 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago IL Public 9,140 Northern Illinois University Dekalb IL Public 16,552 Northern Michigan University Marquette MI Public 8,451 Northland College Ashland WI Private 590 Northwest Suburban College Rolling Meadows IL Private 77 Northwestern University* Evanston IL Public 8,475 Northwood University Midland MI Private 1,536 O Oakton Community College Des Plaines IL Public 3,253 Ohio Northern University Ada OH Private 2,629 Ohio State University Columbus OH Public 43,058 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais IL Private 3,195 P Penn State University University Park PA Public 39,193 Purdue University - Calumet Hammond IN Public 8,912 Purdue University* West LaFayette IN Public 30,147 Q Quincy University Quincy IL Private 1,226
School City State Control Size R Ranken Technical College St. Louis MO Private 2,119 Regis University Denver CO Private 5,750 Ripon College Ripon WI Private 931 Robert Morris University Chicago IL Private 4,144 Rockford College Rockford IL Private 1,022 Roosevelt University Schaumburg IL Private 3,795 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute IN Private 2,121 S St. Ambrose University Davenport IA Private 2,794 St. Bonaventure Universtiy St. Bonaventure NY Private 1,908 Saint Leo University Saint Leo FL Private 2,167 St. Louis College of Pharmacy St. Louis MO Private 1,299 Saint Louis University St. Louis MO Private 8,806 Saint Mary s College Notre Dame IN Private 1,985 Saint Mary s University of Minnesota Winona MN Private 1,500 St. Norbert College DePere WI Private 2,229 St. Olaf College Northfield MN Private 3,176 Seton Hall University South Orange NJ Private 5,497 Shimer College Chicago IL Private 127 Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau MO Public 10,541 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale* Carbondale IL Public 14,130 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville IL Public 11,341 Suffolk University Boston MA Private 5,770 T Texas Christian University Fort Worth TX Private 8,456 Transylvania University Lexington KY Private 1,074 Trine University Angola IN Private 1,943 Trinity International University Deerfield IL Private 986 Truman State University Kirksville MO Public 5,872 U United States Military Academy, West Point West Point NY Public 4,592 United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point NY Public 1,058 United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD Public 4,536 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa AL Public 28,026 University of Arizona Tuscon AZ Public 31,565 University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR Public 20,350 University of Chicago Chicago IL Private 5,590 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH Public 23,096 University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder CO Public 25,805 University of Dayton Dayton OH Private 8,042 University of Denver Denver CO Private 5,394 University of Dubuque Dubuque IA Private 1,667 University of Evansville Evansville IN Private 2,612 University of Illinois at Chicago* Chicago IL Public 16,678 University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield IL Public 3,054 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign* Urbana-Champaign IL Public 32,281 University of Iowa* Iowa City IA Public 21,320 University of Kansas Lawrence KS Public 18,737 University of Kentucky Lexington KY Public 20,827
School City State Control Size U (contd.) University of Massachusett-Amherst Amherst MA Public 21,928 University of Michigan* Ann Arbor MI Public 27,979 University of Minnesota-Morris Morris MN Public 1,896 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis MN Public 34,469 University of Missouri Columbia MO Public 26,996 University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis MO Public 13,349 University of Montana Missoula MT Public 12,657 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE Public 19,103 University of New Hampshire Durham NH Public 12,811 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA Public 10,655 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN Private 8,475 University of South Alabama Mobile AL Public 11,315 University of South Carolina Columbia SC Public 23,363 University of Southern California Los Angeles CA Private 18,316 University of St. Francis Joliet IL Private 1,423 University of St. Thomas St. Paul MN Private 1,626 University of Tampa Tampa FL Private 6,143 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay WI Public 6,611 University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse LaCrosse WI Public 9,441 University of Wisconsin-Madison* Madison WI Public 30,863 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee WI Public 24,175 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh WI Public 12,322 University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha WI Public 4,601 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville WI Public 7,648 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point WI Public 9,296 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater WI Public 10,752 Upper Iowa University Fayette IA Private 4,645 V Valparaiso University Valparaiso IN Private 2,980 Vanderbilt University Nashville TN Private 6,796 Villanova University Vallanova PA Private 7,100 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA Public 23,951 Viterbo University La Crosse WI Private 2,105 W Wabash College Crawfordsville IN Private 868 Wartburg College Waverly IA Private 1,800 Webster University St. Louis MO Private 2,995 Western Illinois University* Macomb IL Public 10,263 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI Public 19,854 Westminster College Fulton MO Private 950 William Woods University Fulton MO Private 1,036 Winona State University Winona MN Public 8,405 Wittenberg University Springfield OH Private 1,881 X Xavier University Cincinnati OH Private 4,000 *These schools are located outside the gymnasium. Please refer to the Sessions with Representatives for specific location. Size information was obtained from the College Board and reflects total undergraduate enrollment.
FIRST FLOOR 187 189 Student Cafeteria Choir Room Auditorium (left) Auditorium (center) Main Gymnasium (A-Mil) East Gymnasium (Mim-Z) Auditorium (right) Main Office Band Room Media Center 283 285 287 289 SECOND FLOOR 291 293 SCHOOLS WITH ROOM ASSIGNMENTS SCHOOL ROOM DePaul University 283 Harper College Media Center Illinois State University Auditorium - Right Iowa State University 285 Northwestern University 189 Purdue University 287 Southern Illinois University 289 University of Illinois at Chicago Choir Room University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Cafeteria University of Iowa 291 University of Michigan Band Room University of Wisconsin-Madison 187 Western Illinois University 293 Sessions with Representatives Some state universities in Illinois and other institutions will be located in classrooms and large group facilities for 30-minute presentations. Session 1...6:40 p.m. Session 2...7:20 p.m. Session 3...8:00 p.m. If you require assistance while using a District 211 school, please contact the principal's office. For individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, please access the following TTD/TTY telephone number: (847) 755-6654.